JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > On Aug 21, 3:09 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >> ....and other delights:
> >>
> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21fat.html
> >
> > Speaking of state fairs, one enterprising vendor at the Iowa State
> > Fair was selling beer on a stick. It was a hand-held device like one
> > of those can-holders you can stick in the ground next to your lawn
> > chair. Put a cup of beer ($7 I hear) in it, and you're good to go. I
> > can't find the advantage, though....
> >
> > N.
> >
>
> Probably appeals to the same empty heads that kept the test tube drink fad
> alive for a few years.

Keeps your hand from warming your beer.